Clinical Practice Support Nurse

Overview

Post Title: Clinical Practice Support Nurse (CNM 2) Post Status: Specified Purpose Department: NeuroCent WardsLocation: Beaumont Hospital Reports to: Clinical Nurse Manager 3 & Directorate Nurse Manager (DNM)Salary: Appointment will be made on CNM 2 Pay scale at a point in line with Government pay policy € 62, 699 - 79, 227Hours of work: 37.5 hours/week Closing Date: 09/11/2026 at 12pm

Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.

Position Summary:

The Clinical Practice Support Nurse (CPSN) is a key member of the Nursing Management Team within the Neurosciences Directorate (NeuroCent). The role centres on the identification, support, and provision of learning needs, developmental opportunities, and excellence in clinical nursing practice. Additional functions include the identification and distribution of suitable teaching interventions, supervising performance, assessing competence, auditing practice, and putting actions in place to address substandard or unsafe practice. Always a role model, the CPSN will work alongside registered nurses and learners in practice whilst planning, implementing, and supervising learning activities.

The CPSN is responsible for promoting best practice through staff development and education. The CPSN acts as a resource and facilitator through supporting staff to reach their full potential at each stage of development. The ultimate aim is to support the development and capability of nursing staff to a competent, proficient, and confident level so as to be able to care for the multiple care needs of patients within the neuro specialities. The successful candidate must have appropriate interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills to perform the role effectively. Additionally, the candidate must be prepared to disseminate a variety of formal and informal teaching methods using multiple and simultaneous mediums.

Responsibilities

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Practice

Ensure all staff practice nursing within the code of practice set by NMBI (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland). Specific responsibilities of the Clinical Practise Support Nurse include but are not limited to:

• Orientation of new nurses
• Assist the facilitation of mandatory education, training, and learning
• Provide clinical support and ongoing education of nurses, and other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
• Assessment of nurses using clinical competencies
• Identify and respond to the learning needs of individuals and the service
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of education within the Neurosciences Directorate
• Collaborate with Clinical Nurse Managers to ensure Staff Nurses are allocated a broad range of experiences, and thus develop their skills
• Develops evidence-based educational materials and evaluate their effectiveness, and regularly update same to reflect best practice
• Take charge of shift with a learner to promote their development, and to facilitate other Clinical Nurse Managers (CNMs) to maintain their clinical skills or to relieve them to perform their allocated management duties
• Adopt a flexible approach to personal duty roster
• Assist in updating Policies, Procedures, Protocols and Standards in the Directorate following collaboration with key stakeholders
• Act as a positive role model by adhering to unit and hospital Policies procedure and guidelines
• Supports recruitment and retention initiatives
• Operate within a safe, defined, and informed scope of practice guided by policies, protocols, policies, and guidelines
• Use a variety of communication mediums employed in healthcare settings (e.g. IT systems, remote communication platforms)

Education and Development

• Assess and identify individual staff nurses' learning and development needs and develop and implement training programmes to meet these needs in liaison with the Clinical Nurse Manager 2 or 3.
• Carry out and document the progress of staff giving feedback regarding strengths and weaknesses in collaboration with CNM 2s and the Clinical Nurse Manager 3
• Provision of training to nurse learners to enable them to integrate theory with practice, and to acquire the knowledge and nursing skills to deliver quality patient care
• Identifies the individual and collective learning needs of the delivery of formal and informal education
• Acts as a role model by demonstrating and providing skilled, safe, and evidence-based nursing care
• Encourage staff to participate in development programme
• Develops methods of assessing the quality and effectiveness of the training / education programmes
• Liaise with the Clinical Nurse Manager 2 or 3 in relation to poor performance issues of individual staff members as required